PublishedErschienen: 2012-06-21. Modernization has been one of the most intensely negotiated concepts of the theoretical and historical social sciences over the last fifty years. Conceptions of the term have changed considerably during the course of this discussion.
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjectives are used to describe a person, object, place or event. In many instances, an adjective provides a specific meaning to the word it is describing.
A predicate adjective (also called a subject complement) modifies the subject like other descriptive adjectives, but it follows a linking verb in a sentence. A list of linking verbs is given below.t follows a linking verb. A predicate adjective, subject complement is the adjective that follows a linking verb; it is normally an adjective or a noun that renames or defines in some way the subject. The verb 'was' can be followed by a predicate noun or a predicate adjective.